In January, we happened to run into John Malkovich right in front of  St. Regis Hotel in Nişantaşı.  I assumed he was staying there, but had no idea what he was up to in Istanbul. I had the urge to go up to him and ask if he needed...
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  At the Tango-to Istanbul festival, two internationally acclaimed orchestras, Color Tango of Buenos Aires and Sexteto Milonguera shared the same stage for the first time at the Çırağan Palace. From the salons and brothels of Buenos Aires...
 THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCEFinally 10 years after Orhan Pamuk, Turkish Nobel Laureate started writing the story of Kemal and Füsun, the museum, which bears the same name as the book, opened. Right after its opening, a symposium...
 CEREMONY AT SAINT-BENOITI am at one of the oldest educational institutions in the city, Saint-Benoit. Two of my beloved students are graduating today.  SB ranks one of the distinguished foreign schools, whose medium of instruction is French. As might...
 While I was walking through Harbiye park on my way home, sweet and nostalgic melodies of tango caught my attention. To my luck, it turned out to be one of the venues for the 9th Tango Festival. I am telling you Istanbul is certainly not short of festivals,...
 THE PIAZZA GALATAIt is a late summer we are having in Istanbul. We used to have clear-cut seasons when I was a kid here, I remember. I could distinguish the spring breeze from the fall breeze, or I believed I could do so, hahahah! For this kind of breeze,...